Why Alfie ate all the wedding cake

COVERED in icing and with a sticky grin, this is the moment Alfie Mazeika was caught munching his way through a three-tier wedding cake.

Alfie Mazeika caught in the act munching his way through a three-tier wedding cake []

He’d slipped off from parents Norma and Kevin at the reception and scoffed slice after slice of the sponge portions. The family were embarrassed but the toddler had a good excuse.

He’d got himself up on to the seat and then the table where the cake was. You can’t do anything but laugh though because he’s not being naughty. He doesn’t understand.

Norma

Two-year-old Alfie suffers from Prader-Willi Syndrome which makes him permanently hungry and to draw attention to the condition, the Mazeikas decided to release the picture from the party at the working men’s club in Durham. Norma, a mum-of-six from Halifax, West Yorks, said: “He’d got himself up on to the seat and then the table where the cake was. You can’t do anything but laugh though because he’s not being naughty. He doesn’t understand.